EX-3.16 24 dex316.txt ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF DIVERSIFIED Exhibit 3.16 054455-0664 [GRAPHIC] Prescribed by Approved 20 Bob Taft, Secretary of State Date 2-29-96 30 East Broad Street, 14th Floor Fee $85.00* Columbus, Ohio 43266-0418 96030103201 Form LCA (July 1994) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION (Under Section 1705.04 of the Ohio Revised Code) Limited Liability Company The undersigned, desiring to form a limited liability company, under Chapter 1705 of the Ohio Revised Code, do hereby state the following: FIRST: The name of said limited liability company shall be Diversified Opportunities Group Ltd. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (the name must include the words "limited liability company", "limited", "Ltd" or "Ltd.") SECOND: This limited liability company shall exist for a period of Until December 31, 2036 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD: The address to which interested persons may direct requests for copies of any operating agreement and any bylaws of this limited liability company is: 1231 Main Avenue ------------------------------------------------------------- (street or post office box) Cleveland, Ohio 44113 ------------------------------------------------------------- (city, village or township) (state) (zip code) [ ] Please check this box if additional provision are attached hereto Provisions attached hereto are incorporated herein and made a part of these articles of organization. 05445-00665 FOURTH: Purpose (optional) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto subscribed our names, this 20th day of February, 1996. SEE ATTACHED SIGNATURE PAGE Signed: Signed: ------------------------------ -------------------------------- Signed: Signed: ------------------------------ -------------------------------- Signed: Signed: ------------------------------ -------------------------------- (If insufficient space for all signatures, please attach a separate sheet containing additional signatures) INSTRUCTIONS 1. The fee for filing Articles of Organization for a limited liability company is $85.00. 2. Articles will be returned unless accompanied by a written appointment of agent signed by all or a majority of the members of the limited liability company which must include a written acceptance of the appointment by the named agent. 3. A limited liability company must be formed by a minimum of two persons. 4. Any other provisions that are from the operating agreement or that are not inconsistent with applicable Ohio law and that the members elect to set out in the articles for the regulation of the affairs of the limited liability company may be attached. [Ohio Revised Code Section 1705.04] 054475-0666 Diversified Opportunities Group Ltd. Signature Page for Articles of Organization The undersigned have hereunto subscribed their names as Members of Diversified Opportunities Group Ltd. THE OPPORTUNITIES TRUST, JACOBS ENTERTAINMENT U/A/D 2-1-96 LTD., an Ohio limited liability company By: /s/Gary L. Bryenton By: /s/ Jeffrey P. Jacobs ---------------------------- --------------------------------- Gary L. Bryenton Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Co-Trustee Managing Member And:/s/ Jeffrey P. Jacobs, ---------------------------- Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Co-Trustee 05445-0667 [GRAPHIC] Prescribed by Bob Taft, Secretary of State 30 East Broad Street, 14th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43266-0418 Form LCO (July 1994) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT OF AGENT (for limited liability company) The undersigned, being at least a majority of the members of Diversified Opportunities Group Ltd. hereby appoints ----------------------------------------------------------- (name of limited liability company) Jacobs Entertainment, Inc., an Ohio corporation to be the agent ----------------------------------------------------------- (name of agent) upon whom any process, notice or demand required or permitted by statute to be served upon the limited liability company may be served. The complete address of the agent is: 1231 Main Avenue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (street address) Cleveland , --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (city, village or township) Note: P.O. Box addresses are not acceptable Ohio 44113 ----------- (zip code) SEE ATTACHED SIGNATURE PAGE ------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- (member) (member) ------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- (member) (member) (If insufficient space for all signatures, please attach a separate sheet containing additional signatures) ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT The undersigned, named herein as the statutory agent for Diversified ----------- Opportunities Group Ltd., hereby acknowledges and accepts the ------------------------ (name of limited liability company) JACOBS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. appointment of agent for said limited liability company. ----------------------------- Agent's Signature By: /s/ Illegible -------------------------- INSTRUCTIONS 1. Articles of organization must be accompanied by an original appointment of agent R.C. 1705.06(B). 2. The agent for a limited liability company must be an individual who is a resident of Ohio, an Ohio corporation, or a foreign corporation holding an Ohio license as a foreign corporation. R.C. 1705.06(A) 3. An original appointment of agent form must be signed by at least a majority of the members of the limited liability company. R.C. 1705.06(B) 05445-0668 Diversified Opportunities Group Ltd. Signature Page for Original Appointment of Agent The undersigned have hereunto subscribed their names as Members of Diversified Opportunities Group Ltd. THE OPPORTUNITIES TRUST, JACOBS ENTERTAINMENT U/A/D 2-1-96 LTD., an Ohio limited liability company By: /s/ Gary L. Bryenton By: /s/ Jeffrey P. Jacobs --------------------------- ---------------------------- Gary L. Bryenton Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Co-Trustee Managing Member And: /s/ Jeffrey P. Jacobs --------------------------- Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Co-Trustee